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Its about time kawasaki did something with that bike.  I still have my ninja 250 i started out on.  I wish i could have started on this

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=5342&Page=1

 

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Kyle Wagner | 17 | Track Junkie

If you feel the rear getting light while braking into the turn, and you are scared, you are doing it right

2002 Honda F4i
Galfer SS lines
HyperPro Front/Rear
M4 Ti Highmount
Undertail
Traxxion Sprint Damper
PCIII
Vortex Frame Sliders
30 track days

agreed! if they had this model out when i started, i would have bought it, i just couldnt get myself to ride that hedious original one...

here is a picture for those who are too lazy to go to the kawi site and take a look:

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2006 Honda CBR600F4i

forget about the fact that it looks tons better.... the 17" wheels and larger brake rotor are worth the price increase all by themselves.  now they just need to make an R model w/ some real suspension and ill even buy one.

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Naked 93' F2...... RIP -- 04/12/07
04' 600RR Black - currently stuck between track and street usage
- Brembo Master, Sato's, & Ohlins out back

this might actually be a nice way to sport/tour on my commutes, i wonder what kind of gas mileage it gets and how stable it really is at freeway speeds.

not that my f4i doesnt get good gas mileage, but this would probably do even better. does anyone know if the engine is the same as the old one? apparently this new one is a parallel twin, not sure what was in the oldschool one.

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2006 Honda CBR600F4i

Indeed, thay are amazing bikes. I would have actually started out on one of these too if they looked like this. 

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looks like kawi is going to kill with the 250r, they have no competition in the US market.

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2006 Honda CBR600F4i

hell, slap on some zx-6rr forks and shock, zx-6rr triples, zx-6rr calipers (cuz now you have two rotors) some braided lines, and you're all set!

i wouldn't be surprised if anyone has brought this up yet.

[edit] i never had a problem wiht the older model. that was one heck of a fun ride on the mtns.

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"Leaders are like tea; put them in hot water to find out how strong they are." Anonymous

this topic has been discussed in length in many threads over at BARF....  real results will come when enough ppl can finally race these bikes against the older model in 250proddy and 250superbike (i believe such classes exist but r really called something else)

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Naked 93' F2...... RIP -- 04/12/07
04' 600RR Black - currently stuck between track and street usage
- Brembo Master, Sato's, & Ohlins out back

I rode to NY state and back for fall break, 1500 miles round trip, over 1300 of which on interstate 81.  I got about 55 MPG doing a steady 80-90 mph on the way back, and that's with a backpack strapped on the back seat, with, among other things, a spare helmet and Guitar Hero controller (all securely fastened, of course).  High speed stability was no problem, even when passing truckers I was fine.  I'd slide a few inches to the away-side (if passing the truck on my right, I would be pushed to my left) but it was less than 4 inches, if that, and hardly noticeable.

As far as I can tell, the only dif in the engine between the new ones and my 05 is the new ones have a little bit more midrange.

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05 Ninja 250,
Preparing for CBR goodness... someday